Abdominal supporter



iS. G. BRENNAN. ARooMmALsuPPoHTER;

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 3| 1919.

1,359,573. PanfeNoy. 23,1920.

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SUSANNE Gr. BRENNAN, OF HIGHLAND PARK, MICHIGAN.

ABDOMINAL SUIEEORTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. L3, i920.

Application filed February 3, 1919. Serial No. 274,720.

To m7/ lr/io//n it may concern .lle il known that LSUamxictl. BRENNAN, a eitizen olt the lnited States, residing` at Highland larl. count)7 ol lllayne, State of Michigan, hare invented a certain new and useful improvement in Abdominal Supporters. and dei-lare the followingto be a full, clear` and exaet desrription ol" the "ne, auch as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to malte and use the laanie. reference being' had to the aeronuianying' drawing@` which torni a parl ol this specification.

My invention relates to a blass ol `aurgieal appliances which are termed alaloniinal supporters and it consista in a peculiar eointrnetion and arrangement ol' iti-1 parte which is hereinafter described and claimed.

ln the drawings:

Figure l iey a perspective 'View ol5 the an' porter opened out.

Fin'. 2 is a larepia'tive front View oi' the supporter in position.

Fig. 3 is a lel't hand side View ot the supporter in position.

Similar letters reifer to similar partsA In the drawings represents the right hand edge ot' the device and il the lett hand edge. ln use these two surfaree are brought together with the edge ot l overlapping'. An edge C is carried beyond the lacing strip. l) D are, ln'eigeraoly, holel although thebT might be hooks in order to ailord a means for lacing` the article by means of .lacing Strip E. ln connection with the lacing strip is an elastic inelosed within the body of the supporter. Elastic strips are also placed diagonally at (l (i at the bach; there are also elastic stripel H embodied in the :fabric but also attaehed thereto are two elastic bands .l and lil which are flexible and tirinly attached to the two parts ot the article. 1t Will be noted that the strips lil ll are not parallel but are at an angle eo that one or" the bands K is longer than the band J. Ait L the upper band o overlaps the band l The object of this Construction that the same character of elastic ban-fis l and l may be used butdlieing shortertliaiilion adjustingy the` band it creates a greater pull than l and without the danger of wrinltling. lt the bands J and l( are all in one piece and one partnarrower than the otherA the onli upon the band would be liable to wrinltlet lt will b e noted that the supporter in its torni is such that the bands pass around the small of the'baek, as shown in the figures. the longer band l( being' lower than the band J and that when laeed the elasticity7 of the l ands tends to draw upwardly upon tlio front portion, especially its loiier part at E. This may be to a certain extent modified by the lacing". It will be noted that the stays (l (lr are not parallel but are Wider apart at the lower part of the supporter than they are at .the top. Thin will enable the `supporter to tit over the hipj the eener-ally prevent its wrinkling Yup the upper and lower edge approaehing eaeh other tliereln'. llosesnpporters M lll arr ttaelietl to the front in proper posit-ion if desired.

lVhat I desire Yto claim is:

1. In an abdominal supporter, a combina44 tionot' two inelastic fabric side portione` so eut lin the rear that the interveningy space tl1e1i-l)et\\een diverges fronrtop to bottoni, means for uniting said side portions in front, an elastic back portion uniting sa'd side portions in the rear composed of two independent elastic Sections, one ot Said tiene overlappingy the other, and the Yupper ot' said Sections being Shorter than the lowerB In an abdominal supporter, the combi-- nation of two inelastic. fabric Side portions constantly widening asgthe'y approach the Yfront and providedivitli means tor being7 united in front, the rearfard edges of said side portionsjent on a bias dirergine; from each other from top to bottoni, an elastic web baeleportion composed of two indei'iendent See ions joining; suoli side portions rut in ali '1, bias, one of said portions overlapping the other, the upperot said sections being shorter than the lower.

ln testimony whereof l sign this Speellication.

SUSANNE G. 

